Pets Find Us

Almost everyone can add their story about the subject of this Hello. How did we end up with our pets?

Sandy lives down the road, she is a part West Highland terrier and part chow, even has the black tongue characteristic of the chow breed. Her owner, Beanie, said her granddaughter pointed to a poster at a store and told her, “You need to get that dog.”

When Beanie and her granddaughter got to the Human Society, they found Sandy, about three months old, covered in fleas and only one day from being euthanized. As Beanie said, “My heart melted at the sight of that poor little dog.” Sandy now runs the house. She was named after her famous look-a-like, Sandy from the play, “Annie.”

Whenever there is a gathering, the subject seems to somehow get around to our pets. At one such recent gathering, Margie told us how her beloved part lab came to live at their house. Just how do these dogs and cats find us? Is there a sign only visible to stray cats and dogs that points out our houses as a good place to live?

My Boo, aka Brutus, found me at the Newton County Animal Shelter after months of looking for a pug to replace, or try to replace, the part of my heart that died when my precious Pug the 1st died suddenly of canine hepatitis. I had applied to shelters, pug rescues and everyone turned me down, because we did not have a fenced yard.

The last thing on a pug’s brain is a fenced yard. The pugs I have had only want a couch and a bunch of food and snacks. Luckily, some friends ran interference for me and I was able to adopt Boo even without a fence. Boo was named for a character from To Kill A Mockingbird.

Even The Monticello News knows how their news cats, Typo and Mine, came to live in the office and lounge comfortably on the front desk waiting for the next news scoop or bowl of crunchy cat food.

Give a homeless dog or cat a chance, adopt at your local animal shelter or maybe they will find you, Lucky You!